8/31/17

Today Dr. Bill finally kicked our rears into gear and Chris, Daniel, and I really put our heads to getting the Inspires to work. We took both Phineas and Ferb out in the front parking lot of the ELab and started work on figuring out what exactly the problem is with either of them. In the end, we were only able to get Phineas to work, but we we're absolutely ecstatic and really surprised by how much more powerful the Inspires are than the Mavic (we've only been using the Mavic for way too long). First, we swapped out the gimbal from Ferb and put it onto Phineas. After that, we used the DJI app to install a firmware update to the remote before we could get it off the ground. We didn't really put much work into Ferb since his condition is condition is especially frustrating. All we can get out of that drone is a sequence of beeping noises that do not stop unless you turn the drone completely off. For Phineas, it wasn't much easier, as we had to swap out and change almost everything possible in order to get it going, even the iPhone cord on the remote. After a good half an hour of work, though, we were finally able to get him off the ground and fully functional!